1. The first populations of the Fayum and west delta regions of the Nile left evidence that they were different from the populations of the southern regions of the Nile. Archeological data.

2. The Palermo Stone (pre-dynastic record) indicates that there were some fifty Libyan princes ruling those areas, before the advent of the First Dynasty of Egypt. Libyans were white. They are consistently described in hieroglyphs as white. They are the Tehennu and the Djehemu, and the Meshwesh of the oases, the Fayum region and the Delta, white, bearded, distinctly dressed , and wearing ostrich feathers. Historical data.

The people of the south (Nubians) are designated by specific language and code of dress, appearance, as being black. Historical data.